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J. SGHAFHAUS. BEER PININGFSy SPR-BADER.

4 Patented Jan. 29, 1884.

^ JEANscHArHAUs, 4or NEW'YORK, n. Y.

BEER-FlNiNes'SPREADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 292,590, cated January 29, 188;.

Application filed September 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JEAN SoIIArHAUs, zenof the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have inventedA certain new and useful Improvements in Beer-Finings Spreaders, and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full,

clear, and exact description ofthe invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to'.

which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to apparatus for distributing equally over the surface of beer in the course'of manufacture, and while inthe fermenting-casks, the clarifying medium,(dis solved isinglass.) The method hgretofore employed was as follows: After the isinglass had been thoroughly dissolved, the proper quan- .surface of the beer.

tity was poured into the cask, the Cask being known as shavings-cask,7 containing beer in a stage of manufacturerthat' is known as k rausen stage 7a-that is, beer which is about lto be racked or packed for consumption-has added a quantity of kransen or young beer, for t-he purpose of causing a generation of carbonio-acid gas to produce effervescence. By reason of this generation of gas, the beer becomes cloudy, the particles of yeast,&c., being carried upward by the rising gas. It is when beer is in this stage of its manufacture that my method and mechanism come into play. L Heretofore when it became necessary to addthe isinglass, it was poured into the cask at the bunghole, and then a stick was 'inserted through the bung-hole for the purpose of distributing the isinglass in an equally-thick layer over the This operation has to be performed very quickly and thoroughly,to prevent the isinglass from curdling or lnmping. The process of clarifying is one of themost delicate encountered in the manufacture or brewing of beer. It is absolutely necessary to distribute the isinglass over the surface of the beerinathroughoutequally-thickilm,orlayer, or sheet. The specific gravity of the isinglass being greater than that of the beer, the isinglass gradually sinks to the bottom, carrying with it all impurities or suspended particles. It is obvious, therefore, that to allow the isinglass to fall in all parts 'at the Sametime, it must have been equally distributed. This desirable result I obtain by my apparatus,which I will now describe.

a citi!` In the drawings, Figure I represents a crosssection'of my mechanism. Fig. l represents the arms or spreaders folded. Fig. 2 represents the mechanism inserted in the fermentf ing-cask,with a section cut away, showing the engagement of the. ehaiuring with the hooks on the shaft B, the arms or spreaders being in their normal position. Fig. 3 is the same view, showing the arms or spreaders in position for operation.

VLike letters represent like parts.

A', the lower part thereof. This lowerpart has the lateral holes a,which are provided for the purpose of allowing the escape of the liquid fining over the spreaders or arms F F, with their pendants f j' f f On the interior of the main body I provide a bridge, I), for the support ofthe shaft B, the bridge D, with the cylindrical threaded portion D. The follower E is provided to prevent the shaft from rising out of place. B is the shaft, having the crank B,the iange B2, and the lower flattened end, B3. The hooks b b are provided to receive the ring c, that carries the chains C G. To the lower end ofthe shaft I fasten in a suitable manner spreaders or armsF F. To these armsI affix Athe pendants f f f f. Any suit-able number .may be used, but I prefer to affix four. The chains G C are provided for the purpose of spreading the arms F F after the mechanism rhas been set in the bung-hole of the cask M. The chains C C are fastened at one end-to the ring c, and at` the other near the extremities of the arms F F. The shaft with its parts having been passed through the funnel-neck A', the same rests by means of the the flange B. The follower E is then screwed in place to retain the sha-ft B.v The whole mechanism is then set into the bung-hole of the barrel M. The chains i are then drawn up, and the ring c is set upon the upper hook on the shaft B. By this means the arms or spreaders F F are raised, and-the pendantsfff f drop. The isinglass is then poured into the funnel, and the shaft B,with its parts, revolved by means of the crank. The isinglass is prevented, to a great extent, from escaping at the lower end, the turning of the .shaftwithits parts almostlling the mouth. Thus thefisinglass escapes at the lateral holes and runs vover the arms F F. The arms in their spread position being revolved rapidly,

A represents the main body of the funnel;

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drienl threaded portion D,with the shaft B, said shaft being,r provided with the crank B', 15 the flange B2, the lower ilattenedportion, B", and having affixed the arms or spreaders F F, sei d arms having the pendants f /f f j, the chains C C, the ring @,and the follower E, constructed and operated substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I nfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEAN SCI-TAFHAUS.

\\"itnesses:

.Tosnrir Simon' n, 'UAILUI I. Lina. 

